(tíng zhǐ) - to stop, to cease in Mandarin

tíngzhǐ

Traditional: 停止

HSK 4

#653 of 5,000 Core 1000

Translation

to stop, to cease

Word origin

A compound of 停 (tíng) 'to stop' and 止 (zhǐ) 'to halt'. 停 has the 亻(person) radical with 亭 (tíng) as phonetic; 止 is a pictograph of a foot, the source sense being 'to stand still'. Together they mean to cease.

Origin: compound
Root: 停 (tíng, to stop: 亻person + 亭) + 止 (zhǐ, to halt: a foot)

Stroke order

停

止

Examples

。

Please stop talking.

雨yǔ。

The rain finally stopped.

项xiàng。

We have to stop this project.

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This word is part of lesson 14.